Wednesday 30 May 2012

How to Distinguish Silver Jewelry?


Silver jewelry is polished and shiny. It is a lot cheaper than gold and diamond jewelry. Meanwhile, because it was designed in many special and unique pattern, many fashion followers are like them very much. Use it often to their beautiful clothes decorate.
Unfortunately, there are many types of fake silver jewelry on the market today. You can see very similar with the real. How can you determine whether the jewelry you buy is real? The following are some good possibilities: Firstly, the jewellery should notice the color. The more silver contains it; Ever more shiny and white it looks like. If it contains lead, it will look a little blue-eyed. If it contains copper, the jewelry sees the surface rough and it looks not as bright. Secondly, you should check the weight of the jewels. The density of silver is a little larger than other types of base metals. If the jewelry with large light is, it must contain other types of metals. Thirdly, you should check its hardness. Silver is softer than copper, but heavier than lead and Tin. You can use a PIN and scratch on an imperceptible place of jewelry. If you a mark on him not, can tell you that it is made from copper. If you can easily a marker, and the brand very deep looks, it can be made of lead or Tin.
Only if the mark is not so deep, you can say, it is silver jewelry. Fourthly, you can judge it by hearing. You can throw the jewelry on the ground. If you hear a clear sound, it must be sterling silver. The less silver contains jewellery; the milder tone spend it. If it is made from copper, there will be a patchwork and loud noises. If it consists of lead or Tin, there will be a dull and short sound. Finally, when buying silver jewelry, you should check whether there are some signs of the S925 on its surface marked. S stands for silver and 925 is the symbol of sterling silver.
All sterling silver jewelry contains 7.5% alloy, as 100% silver jewelry is too soft. To read the above text, you may think some of the above mentioned methods are too complicated and not all of them are suitable. You can keep in mind the comfortable and appropriate ways. If you buy silver jewelry, you can them to assess.

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